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G. M. REES.

PAPER RULER.

N0. 371,362. Patented Oct. 11,1887.

INVENTOR 3.9% 2 Alum/n ATTORNEYS.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE M. REES, OF BROOKLYN, NE? YORK.

PAPER- RULER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 371,362, dated October 11, 1887.

Serial No. 213,087. (No model.)

To alt whom. it may concern:

Be it. known that I, GEORGE M. REEs, of Brooklyn, (Green Point,) in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Paper-Ruler, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of my invention is to provide a new and improved ruler to facilitate the ruling of the bottom edges of pages of a book without turning the latter upside down.

The invention consists of two ruling-bars running parallel and secured together at their ends.

The invention also consists of certain parts and details and combinations of the same, as will be fully described hereinafter, and then pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similarletters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both the figures.

Figure l is a plan view of my improvement, and Fig. 2 is a vertical cross-section of the same on the line a; JD of Fig. l.

-l\Iy improved ruler is provided with the two ruliugbars B and O, running parallel and firmly secured to each other at their ends by rods or bars I), or other suitable means. The ruling-bar B may be of any weltknown construction, but is preferably made as shown in Fig. 1, in which the upper edge, E, is turned downward slightly and provided with the usual foot-rule and subdivisions. The inner edge of the ruling bar B forms a cylinder, F, or it forms a bar of hexagonal, square, or other shape in erossseetion. The rulingbar O is of similar shape at its inner edge, G, and its outer edge,ll, is turned downwardslightly, so as to be in line with the tarneddown edge E of the ruling-bar B.

It will be seen that a space is left between the two ruling-bars B and C, so that the operator can place his rulirig-instrument in said space, resting it either on the inner edge of the bar 0 or on the inner edge of the bar B, and then drawing the line in the usual manner.

In case the operator desires to rule very near the bottom edge of a page, as illustrated in Fig. 1, the ruling-bar B is placed on the page of the book with the bar 0 projecting beyond the lower end of the book, and when the operator now places his ruling-instrument 0n the inner edge of the ruling-bar 0 he can draw the line or lines close to the bottom edge L of the page without covering up the figures or other matter directly above the intended line. It will further be seen that for general purposes the rnling-instrument can be placed on the inside or outside of the ruling-bar G, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2, or the rulinginstrument can be used on the inner edge or the outer edge of the ruling-bar B, in the usual manner. The turned-down edges 'E and H of the ruling-bars B and O raise the parts Fand G above the paper when theruler is placed on a book, so as to prevent blotting of ink on the page when ruling.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a ruler, the combination, with a ruling-bar, of a second ruling-bar placed parallel with the other rulingbar, the said two rulingbars being firmly connected with each other at their ends, substantially as shown and described.

2. In a ruler, the combination, with a ruling-bar having one edge turned down, of a ruling-bar placed parallel with said first ruling-bar and having one edge turned down, and connecting-rods for securing said two ruling-bars together at their ends, substantially as shown and described.

GEORGE M. REES.

\Vitnesses:

THOMAS CROZIER, BOB. RIGGS. 

